2013

September

• Sensory illusion study provides new insight for body representation brain disorders -
  
  
  

• Smartphone app found to be valid tool in screening for minimal hepatic encephalopathy -
  
  
  

• Study helps deconstruct estrogen’s role in memory -
  
  
  

• Chantix may be safe with treated depression: study -
  
  
  

• Racism linked to depression and anxiety in youth -
  
  
  

• Study finds that a subset of children often considered to have autism may be misdiagnosed -
  
  
  

• Hospital study finds connection between dementia, delirium and declining health -
  
  
  

• Group therapy may prevent depression in at-risk teens -
  
  
  

• Exercise may help alleviate depression: review -
  
  
  

• How schizophrenia affects the brain -
  
  
  

• International Study Provides New Genetic Clue to Anorexia -
  
  
  

• Young adults on the autism spectrum face tough prospects for jobs and independent living -
  
  
  

• The Difference Between Obsession and Delusion -
  
  
  

• Albuminuria Tied to Cognitive Loss in Diabetes -
  
  
  

• Parents’ ADHD goals tied to treatment choices: study -
  
  
  

August

• High dose statins prevent dementia -
  
  
  

• Lesbian and gay young people in England twice as likely to smoke and drink alcohol -
  
  
  

• Brain inflammation linked to more severe Parkinson’s symptoms -
  
  
  

• Four Alcohol Brands Dominate Popular Music Mentions -
  
  
  

• Divorce elevates risk for depression, but only for some people -
  
  
  

• Gallo Center study in mice links cocaine use to new brain structures -
  
  
  

• Researchers uncover new biological target for combating Parkinson’s disease -
  
  
  

• Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia -
  
  
  

• Schizophrenia symptoms linked to faulty ‘switch’ in brain -
  
  
  

• Alcohol abuse, eating disorders share genetic link -
  
  
  

• Psychiatric patients given smoking-cessation treatment less likely to be rehospitalized -
  
  
  

• Imaging in mental health and improving the diagnostic process -
  
  
  

• Anti-homophobia measures reduce binge drinking for all students -
  
  
  

• Strong grandparent-adult grandchild relationships reduce depression for both -
  
  
  

• New data reveal extent of genetic overlap between major mental disorders -
  
  
  

• Neuroscientists identify protein linked to Alzheimer’s-like afflictions -
  
  
  

• Brain dopamine may serve as a risk marker for alcohol use disorders -
  
  
  

• Alcoholism could be linked to a hyper-active brain dopamine system -
  
  
  

• Women seek alcohol treatment between an average of 4 to 5 years earlier than men -
  
  
  

• Racial differences in types of alcohol drinks consumed by adolescent girls -
  
  
  

• Vanderbilt scientists discover potential new way to treat anxiety -
  
  
  

• New findings could help improve development of drugs for addiction -
  
  
  

July

• Psychotherapy via internet as good as if not better than face-to-face consultations -
  
  
  

• Autism symptoms not explained by impaired attention -
  
  
  

• Fewer states holding alcohol retailers responsible for harms from illegal service -
  
  
  

• Childhood economic status affects substance use among young adults -
  
  
  

• Impaired visual signals might contribute to schizophrenia symptoms -
  
  
  

• Scientists warn of overwhelming costs of mental illness -
  
  
  

• High rate of early delirium after surgery in older adults -
  
  
  

• Kids ‘hearing voices’ may be at high suicide risk -
  
  
  

• No link between mercury exposure and autism-like behaviors -
  
  
  

• Teen eating disorders increase suicide risk -
  
  
  

• Breastfeeding Could Prevent ADHD -
  
  
  

• Study links mental illness to early death in people with epilepsy -
  
  
  

• Brain region implicated in emotional disturbance in dementia patients -
  
  
  

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